Cynthia Weil Quotes

I can't say that I love writing, but I do love the satisfaction that it gives me.

I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I'm happy with it.

I may be writing well, I may be writing poorly, but I enjoy the act of writing and sometimes when it turns out okay, I feel an elation that is incomparable.

I'm not thinking when I'm writing, 'How's this going to read?' Or, 'What percentage of the audience is going to stay with me?' The thing itself is what gives me pleasure. Sometimes stuff just falls onto the page so beautifully and happily that it's deeply satisfying. It's selfish!

I'm proud of what I write and feel endorsed by my readers.

I still get enormous pleasure and a sense of fulfillment out of writing a book that I'm proud of. I see myself as a bit like a jewel-maker who can sit back and admire his work.

People talk about the pain of writing, but very few people talk about the pleasure and satisfaction.

I find contentment in the craft of writing and fulfillment in self-expression.

My Olympic moment from the individual event was that I was really able to enjoy my skating, and so that meant a lot to me, and I didn't portray that accurately.

You know you've got it, if it makes you feel good.

There is no feeling to be compared with the feeling of having written and finished a story.

The work itself is what motivates me. I like my own stuff, you know? I like the way it looks. I do it to please myself first.

It's a big pay off when I see a woman wearing my stuff. It's really gratifying.

The moment in which you make somebody laugh, you're only doing it to make them laugh and be happy. Then afterward you can be like, 'Oh, I just want the attention. I feel so good that everybody's listening to me and I got the approval that I need.'

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.

Managing to tell a story is very gratifying.

I was very pleased with the way that the show ended creatively and personally. It just feels like we've completed the piece. And now to be able to step back a little bit and look at it from beginning to end, I feel good about the complete story that is 'Battlestar Galactica.'

I find my greatest happiness in thinking of those days in Homestead when I labored to bring a thing to perfection entirely by myself. In the evenings, I would go into the hills and look down on my work, and I knew that it was good, and my heart was elated.

I can easily say I've done everything I've wanted in music.

Writing is much more satisfying on a certain level than acting ever was. Because you're not interpreting someone else's original idea, you can come up with your own.

I write and have done so primarily for personal pleasure.

People do stop me and talk to me about something they saw that they loved. It is very satisfying, but I have my own opinions.

There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off.

When I started writing, it felt good, and I knew I was in the right genre.